[Corrderio]

The release of the Aht Urghan expansion killed many things, BLM's and skillchains being two of them. There should be a way to get all of the expansions and have them shipped to you, you will most likely need them or find advancing very difficult. It would be great if you could make a static party with people that didn't mind leveling in the old areas and that would allow you to level your BLM.

From my experience BLMs in PTs and SCs died off before ToAU. I know when I was leveling WAR (Before ToAU came out) a majority of my PTs were TP Burns past 50.

[Sebazy]

By TP Burns you mean just melee going for it as they see fit? No chains etc? That's kind of a shame if that's the case as I always felt that the old reliance on skillchains was one of the things that made FFXI unique

[ToK Darius]

By TP Burns you mean just melee going for it as they see fit? No chains etc? That's kind of a shame if that's the case as I always felt that the old reliance on skillchains was one of the things that made FFXI unique

I completely agree. I love skill chains, but I still love seeing a mob die in 5 seconds because no one gives a damn about them. I still love them though.

[mintyice]

I started playing this game sometime in 2003. I played off and on until about 2006. I got rid of my old character when I stopped (75BLM/WHM and 60somethingBLU/WHM). Basically, I was wondering how much easier is it to level from 1 to 75 now? What things make it easier and how are they used?

Also, what job usually gets the most PT invites and wouldn't require much downtime waiting around? Basically, which is the quickest to level? Are there still lowbies around?

After a brief stint with WoW for a few weeks a few months ago I see how superior FFXI really is. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

[Kagemitsu]

I started playing this game sometime in 2003. I played off and on until about 2006. I got rid of my old character when I stopped (75BLM/WHM and 60somethingBLU/WHM). Basically, I was wondering how much easier is it to level from 1 to 75 now? What things make it easier and how are they used?

Also, what job usually gets the most PT invites and wouldn't require much downtime waiting around? Basically, which is the quickest to level? Are there still lowbies around?

After a brief stint with WoW for a few weeks a few months ago I see how superior FFXI really is. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

The jobs that will get invites the fastest are those that are the most needed in a PT: tanks (usually PLD, NIN), healers (usually WHM, SCH, RDM) support (BRD, COR). Damage dealing jobs will get the lowest invite rate because there's just a gajillion of them running around.

And onto the leveling topic:
Level Sync
Fields of Valor

Have a good read, my good sir.

[Glucian_]

I left just after ToAU had been released.

Returning now and starting fresh is there anything that players should do that is important while leveling to 75?

Catch a certain WotG mission at level 45 or faster xp doing xxx activity while 50 for example.

Any tips would be appreciated.

[mintyice]

The jobs that will get invites the fastest are those that are the most needed in a PT: tanks (usually PLD, NIN), healers (usually WHM, SCH, RDM) support (BRD, COR). Damage dealing jobs will get the lowest invite rate because there's just a gajillion of them running around.

And onto the leveling topic:
Level Sync
Fields of Valor

Have a good read, my good sir.

do people use those two things? do they make them that much quicker to level to 75 or is it still very slow going?

[Kagemitsu]

do people use those two things? do they make them that much quicker to level to 75 or is it still very slow going?

Of course people use those two things ._. They make leveling faster as in:

- Fields of Valor: You can go solo/duo for decent exp while waiting for a party invite (and remember to bring some sort of Warp or the PT will have to wait hours for you to get to the camp) or if you have, say, just 1 hour to play and want to get some exp. It makes soloing worth your while by giving you a decent chunk of exp while you complete the objective you chose. Exp from the mobs + exp from the completion of the mission you chose = win.

- Level Sync: let's say you're in a level 30 party and desperately need a certain member, you can broaden your search for jobs in the 30-75 range instead of 30-33 like it used to be before. Finding a party is made much easier by this feature because it eliminates the problem of a pt member being too high or too low to join a PT. Just have the whole party sync down to the lowest level member and pick a camp accordingly.

[mintyice]

oh i bet the 2nd thing makes life so much easier then and pretty much opens up any camp.

[Sebazy]

With regards to the field of valor thing, how difficult are the mobs it throws you against for weaker/slower solo classes? And that level sync thing looks rather handy for sure

[Kagemitsu]

With regards to the field of valor thing, how difficult are the mobs it throws you against for weaker/slower solo classes? And that level sync thing looks rather handy for sure

The areas you can choose to play Fields of Valor at vary a lot, and the variety of mobs you can kill with that. My personal advice is that you should aim for an area where the mobs /check as EP-DC max for you, because tougher mobs yield more experience per kill, but considering the time it takes to beat one solo (not to mention how dangerous it is), a funny ep-dc onslaught usually yields better xp per hour.

I think pretty much any job with the /DNC subjob can deal with weaker mobs. Of course it's gonna take a different approach from you, that means you should wear something that mildly resembles melee gear if you decided to go out and kill things as, for example, BRD. It takes some creativity for weaker/slower solo classes to make it work, like job/subjob combos that might look weird at first glance, but with some work I think any job can efficiently solo the FoVs.

[Corrderio]

With regards to the field of valor thing, how difficult are the mobs it throws you against for weaker/slower solo classes? And that level sync thing looks rather handy for sure

You get to choose a page and it'll give you a list of what mobs to fight. There's a list on Wikia with info on each page:

http://wiki.ffxiclop...ki/Field_Manual

[Kagemitsu]

Might as well delete this sticky D: no one reads it lol

[Banshi]

This was great.

I've been thinking about coming back after about a year of a 'hiatus' and this just reinforced my decision.

[Blason]

Kagemitsu, on 13 June 2009 - 12:35 AM, said:

Might as well delete this sticky D: no one reads it lol

I read it, and it helped me.


More on starting anew.. I am reactivating, and have one of my old accounts with an old character still on it. He has some things, some nice rare/ex stuff, mediocre missions completed, several leveled subjobs..

But I feel like I have forgotten a lot of the storyline that I did complete, and with all the new changes I dont want to start up and be lost right away.. I think im going to bite the bullet and reroll completely...

Now I just have to decide between taru and hume. I love taru, but the floor camera situation gets to me after a while... ; ;

[Prophecyy]

The ultimate collection for PC is on it's way. It will be here tomorrow. I used to be a Warrior/Mnk until I became a Dark Knight/Warrior. I want to try some completely new route. Was thinking Summoner/WHM or BLM/WHM or something. Any suggestions??

I know for MP i should be a little Taru but I love being a hume so IDK. I'm just excited I'll be back.